And then there are some of us who have been waiting years for smartphones to finally catch up to PDA's in terms of screen size. For me, I'm looking forward to deciding between this and the Toshiba TG01 to replace my 4" screened HP PDA.

Why do I need that much screen? Because I work with a lot of spreadsheets on the go, and this is far MORE practical than dealing with a netbook.

It was previously reported (maybe on this site but definitely on others) that this would be the first WinMo phone with a capacitive touch screen (does 6.5 even have support for capacitive touchscreens?). If it does in fact have such a screen, then I'm guessing that the reason there is no zoom bar is because the phone can support pinch gestures and therefore would not require a zoom bar.

Has anyone heard further confirmation of a capacitive touch screen since a few weeks ago?

Windows Mobile 6.5 does NOT (to the best of our knowledge) support capacitive touchscreens. That said, we have seen 6.5 running on a capacitive screen device. Just not very well.

As for which device will be the "first" to support them? That's tough to answer. What is "first"? First prototyped? First leaked? First to market? Toshiba's very much in the running for "first," we think. But who knows ...

For that matter, Windows Mobile does not have support for resistive screens either as well. It is not a winmo limitation to only have resistive screens. It is up to the manufacturer to create a human interface driver for their devices to deliver input into the OS. It's just like the difference between a cheap optical mouse using a generic driver, or a high end laser mouse that windows, or any OS for that matter that cannot communicate with unless a driver is installed.

Source: WM Experts